I had been anticipating a good, low key birthday, and now that I had a good, low key birthday, I’m working on figuring out the next mini event to anticipate. That really depends on how the local testing results progress over the next little while. Also, I’m supposed to get a vasectomy next weekend, and as far as I can…

Funny you should pick routine today, as it’s back to the routine today after a day off yesterday. So, it’s up a few minutes before the alarm, let the dogs out and feed them, shower, dress, start the kettle, fire up the work laptop, make tea, log in to the virtual desktop, eat breakfast, clear out emails and check the…

We’ve been steadily making our way through Schitt’s Creek, which is such a delightful balm right now. Every performance on that show is a thing of beauty and they all just keep getting better.

Pro (amateur) tip: Partially cook your apple slices before baking them in the pie. This will cut down on soggy filling and you can fit way more apples into the pie since they won't shrink while baking any more. If you really want to get fancy, after pre cooking them, strain out and then boil down the released juices…

Too many apples is a good problem, because applesauce is easy and tasty. One of the first times I tried to make an apple pie the crust making went so bad I settled for applesauce. Also, our dogs love apple slices. Thank you for attending my TEDx talk.

I had been training for a bike race in July, which has now been cancelled, so I think a good chunk of my motivation just went out the window. I have another race on the calendar in late August, but even that’s uncertain now. I’ll try to make that the focus for the time being and hope it goes ahead, though I’m not…

Yeah, short term plans, all the way. I realized How much a big plan like stocking up on groceries for a few weeks is nearly too much for me if I'm not careful, because I can spiral off into what ifs: what if they're out of so I, what if I forget something, is this enough to cover everything, etc. That plus trying to…

7 is SO GOOD. The 2 remake is the GOAT, and the new 3 is very fantastic as well, so I doubt you’ll be disappointed. But if you’ve never played any of the others it’s hard to recommend them because even with being used to them the controls are just awful to go back to. Yes, even 4 is super rough to try to go back to…

Old favorites? Ninjas? 2D?

I convinced a friend to finally get around to playing Resident Evil 7, and I want to remember specific plot points as he’s talking about it, so even though I’m in the middle of about 14 other games it looks like I’m going back to the damn Baker house again.

Got overwhelmed by clusters simple things gone wrong in the last 24 hours, so apparently I need a little self care. Just have to make it through the anxiety of grocery shopping first.

Overall, a fine weekend, despite ending up very tired for a bit on Friday. I rolled credits on Yakuza 5 on Saturday and wrapped up the ultimate battles Sunday morning, so that’s completely done until a future sequential series playthrough. My wife and I made great progress on a jigsaw puzzle of Dale Chihuly glasswork,…

+1 for the weather lately (I’m in Vancouver. It’s been unreal for April) and another +1 for Control, which is maybe my favorite game in recent memory...

Wilson had it right, TV’s best social distancer.

Physical Improvement: Using my limited home workout equipment (100 lb set of resistance bands and 2x 20 lb dumbbells) to do what I can to get a little bit of a pump and endorphins going.
Mental Improvement: Ignore the news as much as you can. The only thing guaranteed to get us through this is time. Do what you can to…

Easiest way to stop getting worked up over stuff has been to read the news less. It’s hard to do sometimes as I’m a compulsive checker, but I’ve been trying to keep it to a couple of checks per day instead of, like, 25. I mean, Trump is having his name printed on the stimulus checks, I would imagine in the hopes that…

I feel like I really can’t complain, but of course things aren’t perfect. My daughter turns one on April 17th. She’s started throwing temper tantrums and waking at night. We’re worried she might be having night terrors cause around 10pm she’ll wake up screaming and won’t calm down for like an hour. And you can’t seem…

Yo, I hope everyone’s life lesson after all this is to get your fucking flu shot and listen when your doctor—a medical expert who trained for years, which trumps your Google search—tells you to get some vaccines. I mean, that won’t happen, but a man can dream.

I indeed finished The Last of Us and, oh man, that ending.…

I was about to try to write paragraphs of supposedly deep thoughts learned, but I haven't had any caffeine yet so that would be foolish. So, just this: making smart decisions matters. A. Lot. 

I don’t know if I’ve learned anything new during this crisis, but there are certain unconscious things that have bubbled up and become more prominent in my head. Some of the lessons I’d like to think I’ve become more aware of: